Biography
Florence Kasumba is a Ugandan-born German actress. Born on 26 October 1976 in Kampala, she grew up in Essen, Germany, and trained in acting, singing and dancing at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the Netherlands. She began her career in musical theatre, appearing in productions including Aida, The Lion King and Mamma Mia!.
Kasumba is known for her role as Ayo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). She has also appeared as Senator Acantha in Wonder Woman (2017) and voiced Shenzi in The Lion King (2019). In German television she played Rose Seithathi in the series Deutschland 86 (2018) and Deutschland 89 (2020), and has been a regular in Tatort as Anaïs Schmitz since 2019.
